Art Team
The Trevor Sorbie Artistic Team is award winning and in-demand around the world. The Team is honoured to have won British Hairdressing Artistic Team of the Year three times, and feature in their Hall of Fame.
The Art Team are the artistic elite of Trevor Sorbie's hairdressers and represent the creative side of Trevor Sorbie. To become an Art Team member a hairdresser must have worked on the salon floor for a qualifying period before having to pass a rigorously judged artistic test which is overseen by Trevor himself. As a result their collections and seminars are a breathtaking exercise in creativity and feature in titles such as Vogue, Marie Claire, Hairdressers Journal, Creative Head and many more.
They undertake regular photographic, session and advertising work as well as having a regular clientele at the salons where they translate the latest trends into wearable, commercial styles.
Click on the images below to find out more about the individual Art Team members and their achievements.
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Nathan Walker
Art Team
International Technical Director & Head of Technical Education
Nathan Walker is a colour guru - dubbed the colour doctor by his celeb clients who want to chop and change their shade as often as their outfits. Not surprisingly, Nathan holds the L'Oreal Specialist Degree and is a member of the portfolio group of artistic hairdressers. He judges the L'Oreal Colour Trophy, BHA's and was shortlisted in the Creative Head Most Wanted Awards Colour Expert category.Nathan has created many techniques for all of the Trevor Sorbie collections, and while he rocks everything from vivid reds to subtle blonds and everything in-between, he says "I guess my signature is that I never ever colour for colours sake, and I have held my hands up and refused to colour when nature has beaten me and I can't improve on it."
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Johanna Cree Brown
Art Team
Artistic Director & Head of Art Team
Jo is one of the hot talents to watch at Trevor Sorbie. A regular for L'Oreal Professional backstage at London Fashion Week, she has designed hair for David Koma, Alice Palmer, Corrie Nielson, Jade Yang, Jena Theo and Jacob Kimmie. Not only that but she has just won 2011 Most Wanted Creative Talent Award.
She has been Artistic Director for 5 years, leading the art team with the guidance of Trevor and Angelo Seminara. She has honed her creative skills and he work is both beautiful and groundbreaking. Jo explain "I'm influenced by so much: visionary fashion designers, fashion photographers, film directors, nature, the natural beauty in objects, architecture, science, history of hair, people, books art...but I find they become more important at different times."
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Tiziana di Marcelli
Art Team
Director & Head of Education
Tiziana joined Trevor Sorbie in 1997, and has worked on many shows, seminars and shoots and counts Brian Ferry among her celebrity clients. As well as having a very busy column in the salon, she also looks after the training of the assistants and new stylists joining the company in all of the salons.
Tiziana runs seminars in the salon and abroad to teach hairdressers the signature Trevor Sorbie techniques. As well as her own masterclass in Milan and London, Tiziana assisted Angelo Seminara on the Vitality Show in Monte Carlo, Selective Professional Show in Tuscany, Lisap Spa Show in Florense, Hair Show in Liman, Voices Seminar in Manchester and the L'Oreal 100 Tears of Inspiration Show in Paris.
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Daniel Caceres
Art Team
Director & Special Events Director
Daniel is an Artistic Team member and long hair/hair-up/bridal hair aficionado. Born to Spanish parents and raised in France, Daniel started hairdressing in 1994, and has been at Trevor Sorbie since October 2001.
Daniel is a specialist in many hairdressing fields including wig cutting, hair-up, special events, red carpet and wedding, as well as working with Alopecia clients. He also teaches at NVQ level and works as an educator abroad, working on seminars, product education, teaching English trends and stage work. Daniel assisted Trevor and then Angelo Seminara on all shows and stage work overseas - Trevor himself calls him the master of blow dries - praise indeed! Daniel trains stylists for the My New Hair charity cutting wigs around the UK, and is a product ambassador for the Trevor Sorbie brand, testing products, electricals and accessories.
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Anna Chapman
Art Team
Director
One of the best known names in the Art Team, Anna has taken the industry by storm. At 27 she is already Salon Director at our Brighton salon, scooped BHA Newcomer Award in 2007, won the L'oreal Colour Trophy Men's image 2008 and was finalist for Southern Hairdresser of the Year 2008.
Anna loves working creatively in shoots and her credits include Franz Ferdinad's No You Girls video, the short film Dead Happy, assisting Angelo Seminara on the Vivienne Westwood show and assisting Johanna Cree-Brown on a Jacob Kimmie show for London Fashion Week. Anna says "My influences come from everyday things around me, like nature, architecture, fabrics, shapes and hairdressing of the past. I try to keep things naturally beautiful. I like to work technically with a visual finish."
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Tom Connell
Art Team
Creative Stylist
Tom is a Creative Stylist in the Covent Garden Salon and member of the Art Team. Born in Greater Manchester, Tom relocated to London in June 2009 to train and work for Trevor Sorbie, "passing the final test is just the beginning, because of the standard of work around you it constantly pushes you to keep trying to raise the bar."
2011 has been an exciting year for Tom, as he joined the Art Team in March and begun teaching juniors in August. "The Art Team test was a big eye opener as I didn't realise how much I'd enjoy explaining and showing people my work and the idea process behind them."
In the future Tom plans to do more and more shows and seminars with the Art Team and to get the chance to show his work to as many people as possible. His aim is to produce work good enough to inspire others and get them excited about the hair industry.
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Ryan Forsythe
Art Team
Director
Ryan Forsythe is a Director in the Covent Garden Salon as well as being a member of the Art Team.
Ryan has shot with GQ, Noise, The England Cricket Team and Hugo Boss. He says "Passing my Art Team test was a great moment. To see all the hard work from the 5 weeks of preparation come together to showcase in front of Trevor Sorbie, my colleagues and friends made me very proud. The test was a daunting experience, but I was determined to enjoy it and show some work which was a true representation of my taste. I am very excited to be part of such a great Artistic Team".
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Mai Ha
Art Team
Director
Mai Ha is one of the newest additions to the Art Team and is also Director at the Manchester Salon.
Mai began her hairdressing career when she left school, completing an NVQ Level 2 and working as a stylist for a couple of years in her local salon. She has worked at many salons, but her dream was to work for Trevor Sorbie, and in 2008 she relocated to Manchester to fulfil this ambition.
Mai has proven a valuable source of artistic and innovative flair in hairdressing, consistently entering competitions to improve her skills and challenge herself. In 2002 at the beginning of her career, Mai got through to the L'Oreal Regional Competition semi-finals, returning in 2004 and breaking through to the finals of the competition. More recently Mai has won the Toni & Guy Avant-Garde photographic award and the Saks Avant-Garde photographic award. Her hair innovations grabbed the attention of Trevor himself during the notoriously difficult Art Team test, with Trevor raving about her stunning work.
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Adam Szabo
Art Team
Top Stylist
Adam was always destined to be a hairdresser, with both his Father and Grandfather working in the industry. After completing 3 years in hairdressing school (and becoming qualified to teach) Adam became the educational manager, art director and part of the International team at the Toni & Guy Budapest salon. Adam joined Trevor Sorbie Covent Garden 3.5 years ago, and hasn't looked back since. Says Adam, “I like to experiment with hair and coming out with new, different ideas. The result can be anything, I don't like to bound myself with preferring only one style of hairdressing…”
Adam has won numerous awards, and his session credits include Time Magazine, Dazed and Confused GB, Wallpaper, Metal, Husk, the Room, FHM Collections Germany, and Hungarian Marie Claire, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and FHM. He has worked with photographers like Daniel Sannwald, Thomas Lohr, Peter Hapak, Marton Perlaki and Aj Numan, and his hairstyles has been worn by stars like Tilda Swinton, Emily Blunt and Emeli Sandé. In 2012, he was a finalist for the British Hairdressing Awards for both London and Avant-Garde Hairdresser of the Year categories, and a finalist in the Visionary Category on Creative Head Magazine's IT-List.
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Bree Davie
Art Team
Director & Hampstead Salon Director
Bree is a talented and influential member of the team, whose credits include the cover of Marie Claire magazine, Lizzie Jagger for the Baftas, Vogue shoots and backstage at London Fashion Week.
Bree has hairdressing in her genes, and begun her career at the tender ago of 12 helping out in her mum and sisters salon during the holidays and as a permanent Saturday job. Bree was given special permission to leave school early to pursue her dream vocation, and was on the salon floor cutting hair by the age of 15. At Hair Expo 4 years later Bree saw Trevor Sorbie on stage and made her way to England. "Trevor just inspired me", says Bree. "When I got to the UK I walked around and around Covent Garden looking for Trevor's salon....luckily they were recruiting; I did the trade test for them and the rest is history."
During her time with Trevor Sorbie Bree has been heavily involved in the opening of the Brighton Salon and was Manager of the Covent Garden salon before going on be director of her very own Trevor Sorbie salon in Hampstead. Bree is also integral in assisting with product development; both testing products and working with scientists to create the Trevor Sorbie ranges.
